"ESPN will not be renewing Mel Kiper's contract," Mark Shapiro, the network's executive vice president, confirmed. He would not agree to extend the standard non-monetary contract provisions of his current deal.''

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"You are telling me something ESPN hasn't told me," said Kiper, whose last contract expired Oct. 1. "There was some language that we were not agreeable to. As far as I was concerned, negotiations were ongoing.''